Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.[1] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who won a full international cap while contracted to Brentford are listed below.
Joe Connor was the first Brentford player to be capped at international level, playing and scoring for Ireland in a 2–0 victory over Scotland in March 1903.[2] Christian Nørgaard is Brentford's most-capped international player,[3] with 35 caps for Denmark.[4] Halil Dervişoğlu has scored the most international goals while a Brentford player, with six for Turkey.[5] Kolbeinn Finnsson and Daniel O'Shaughnessy won senior caps for Iceland and Finland respectively,[6][7] without making a first team appearance for Brentford.[8][9] In March 2021, the total number of caps won by contracted Brentford players passed 200.[10]
In June 2018, Henrik Dalsgaard became Brentford's first contracted player to play at a major international tournament, when he started in Denmark's opening match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11] By 2024, Brentford players had also appeared at the European Championship, the Africa Cup of Nations, the Asian Cup, the Copa América and the Gold Cup.[12][13][14] In March 2023, Ivan Toney became the first Brentford player to be capped by England since Les Smith in May 1939.[15] The club record for players called up during an international break is 20,[16][17][18] with 16 winning caps.[19][20]
Current Brentford players who have been capped at full international level while contracted to the club are Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, Benjamin Fredrick, Aaron Hickey, Mathias Jensen, Frank Onyeka, Ethan Pinnock, Kevin Schade, Marley Tavaziva and Yehor Yarmolyuk.
| GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender | HB | Half back | IF | Inside forward | DM | Defensive midfielder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL | Outside left | LB | Left back | LW | Left winger | CB | Centre back | FW | Forward | FB | Full back | RM | Right midfielder |
| W | Winger | MF | Midfielder | ST | Striker | WH | Wing half | AM | Attacking midfielder | CM | Central midfielder | LM | Left midfielder |
| U | Utility player | OR | Outside right | SW | Sweeper | LH | Left half | RH | Right half |
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Brentford player in the 2025–26 season. |
| * | Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league. |
| ♦ | Player went on to manage the club. |
| (c) | Player captained their national team. |
| ♠ | Player holds a club record. |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | |||||
| Thomas Strakosha * |  Albania
|
GK | 2017– | 39 | 0 | 2022–2024 | 12 | 0 | [21] | |
| Saïd Benrahma * |  Algeria
|
RW | 2015– | 36 | 4 | 2019–2020 | 5 | 0 | [22] | |
| Gus Hurdle |  Barbados
|
RB | 1996–2000 | 7 | 0 | 1996 | 2 | 0 | [23] | |
| Bryan Mbeumo * |  Cameroon
|
W/FW | 2022– | 22 | 6 | 2022–2025 | 22 | 6 | [24] | |
| Niall Thompson |  Canada
|
FW | 1993–2000 | 9 | 2 | 1998 | 1 | 0 | [25] | |
| Yoane Wissa * |  DR Congo
|
FW/W | 2020– | 33 | 6 | 2022–2025 | 31 | 5 | [26] | |
| Andreas Bjelland |  Denmark
|
CB/LB | 2010–2018 | 29 | 2 | 2016–2017 | 7 | 0 | [27] | |
| Henrik Dalsgaard * | Denmark
|
RB | 2016– | 26 | 1 | 2017–2020 | 22 | 1 | [28] | |
| Mikkel Damsgaard ‡ | Denmark
|
MF | 2020– | 32 | 4 | 2022– | 16 | 0 | [29] | |
| Christian Eriksen | Denmark
|
AM | 2010– | 144 | 46 | 2022 | 7 | 3 | [30] | |
| Mathias Jensen ‡ | Denmark
|
CM | 2020– | 30 | 1 | 2020– | 30 | 1 | [31] | |
| Mathias Jørgensen * | Denmark
|
CB | 2008– | 37 | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2 | 0 | [32] | |
| Christian Nørgaard ♠ * | Denmark
|
DM | 2020– | 35 | 1 | 2020–2025 | 35 ♠ | 1 | [4] | |
| Mads Roerslev * | Denmark
|
RB | 2024– | 1 | 0 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | [33] | |
| Lasse Vibe | Denmark
|
FW | 2014–2017 | 11 | 1 | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | [34] | |
| Billy Scott |  England
|
IF | 1936 | 1 | 0 | 1936 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [35] |
| Les Smith | England
|
OL | 1939 | 1 | 0 | 1939 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [36] |
| Ivan Toney * | England
|
FW | 2023– | 7 | 1 | 2023–2024 | 6 | 1 | [37] | |
| Marcus Forss * |  Finland
|
FW | 2020– | 21 | 2 | 2020–2022 | 14 | 2 | [38] | |
| Daniel O'Shaughnessy * | Finland
|
CB | 2016– | 23 | 1 | 2016 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
| Kevin Schade ‡ |  Germany
|
LW | 2023– | 4 | 0 | 2023– | 2 | 0 | [39] | |
| Tariqe Fosu |  Ghana
|
LW | 2020– | 4 | 1 | 2020 | 4 | 1 | [40] | |
| Lloyd Owusu | Ghana
|
FW | 2005–2006 | 2 | 0 | 2005–2006 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [41] |
| Julian Jeanvier |  Guinea
|
CB | 2019– | 16 | 0 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | [42] | |
| Kolbeinn Finnsson * |  Iceland
|
MF | 2019– | 14 | 0 | 2019 | 2 | 0 | [6] | |
| Hermann Hreiðarsson (c) | Iceland
|
CB | 1996–2011 | 89 | 5 | 1998–1999 | 12 | 1 | [43] | |
| Ívar Ingimarsson | Iceland
|
CB | 1998–2007 | 30 | 0 | 2000–2002 | 3 | 0 | [44] | |
| Ólafur Ingi Skúlason | Iceland
|
LW | 2003–2018 | 36 | 1 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | [45] | |
| Hákon Valdimarsson ‡ | Iceland
|
GK | 2022– | 20 | 0 | 2024– | 13 | 0 | [46] | |
| Saman Ghoddos * |  Iran
|
AM | 2017– | 58 | 3 | 2021–2024 | 30 | 1 | [47] | |
| Joe Connor |  Ireland
|
IR | 1903–1904 | 3 | 1 | 1903 | 2 | 1 | [48] | |
| Tommy Shanks | Ireland
|
FW | 1903–1905 | 3 | 0 | 1905 | 1 | 0 | [49] | |
| Marcus Bean |  Jamaica
|
MF | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | [50] | |
| Deon Burton | Jamaica
|
FW | 1997–2009 | 56 | 12 | 2004 | 1 | 0 | [51] | |
| Jamie Lawrence | Jamaica
|
CM | 2000–2004 | 24 | 1 | 2004 | 3 | 0 | [52] | |
| Ethan Pinnock ‡ | Jamaica
|
CB | 2021– | 22 | 0 | 2021– | 22 | 0 | [53] | |
| John Buttigieg |  Malta
|
SW | 1984–2000 | 97 | 1 | 1988–1991 | 20 | 0 | [54] | |
| Mark Flekken * |  Netherlands
|
GK | 2022– | 9 | 0 | 2023–2024 | 4 | 0 | [55] | |
| Benjamin Fredrick ‡ |  Nigeria
|
CB | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 2025– | 1 | 0 | [56] | |
| Frank Onyeka ‡ | Nigeria
|
DM | 2020– | 34 | 1 | 2021– | 33 | 1 | [57] | |
| Sam Sodje | Nigeria
|
CB | 2005–2009 | 5 | 0 | 2005 | 1 | 0 | [58] | |
| Jimmy D'Arcy |  Northern Ireland
|
IF | 1952–1953 | 5 | 1 | 1952–1953 | 4 | 1 | [59] | |
| Stuart Dallas | Northern Ireland
|
LW | 2011–2022 | 62 | 3 | 2015 | 4 | 1 | [60] | |
| Will Grigg * | Northern Ireland
|
FW | 2012– | 13 | 2 | 2013–2015 | 5 | 0 | [61] | |
| Kristoffer Ajer ‡ |  Norway
|
CB/RB | 2018– | 43 | 2 | 2021– | 20 | 2 | [62] | |
| Nathan Collins ‡ |  Republic of Ireland
|
CB | 2021– | 29 | 2 | 2023– | 15 | 0 | [63] | |
| John Egan * | Republic of Ireland
|
CB | 2017– | 36 | 3 | 2017 | 2 | 0 | [64] | |
| Bill Gorman | Republic of Ireland Ireland
|
FB | 1936–1947 1946–1948 |
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| Alan Judge | Republic of Ireland
|
CM | 2016– | 9 | 1 | 2016–2018 | 5 | 1 | [68] | |
| Caoimhín Kelleher ‡ | Republic of Ireland
|
GK | 2021– | 23 | 0 | 2025– | 1 | 0 | [69] | |
| Romaine Sawyers |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
MF | 2012– | 51 | 8 | 2016–2019 | 8 | 0 | [70] | |
| Julian Charles |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
FW | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2000 | 2 | 0 | [71] | |
| Aaron Hickey ‡ |  Scotland
|
RB | 2022– | 14 | 0 | 2022– | 10 | 0 | [72] | |
| Archie Macaulay | Scotland
|
IF | 1947–1948 | 7 | 0 | 1947 | 1 | 0 | [73] | |
| David McCulloch | Scotland
|
CF | 1934–1938 | 7 | 3 | 1936–1937 | 4 | 0 | [nb 1] | [74] |
| Duncan McKenzie | Scotland
|
WH | 1937 | 1 | 0 | 1937 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [75] |
| Bobby Reid | Scotland
|
OL | 1937–1938 | 2 | 0 | 1937–1938 | 2 | 0 | [76] | |
| Kamohelo Mokotjo |  South Africa
|
CM | 2012– | 24 | 0 | 2017–2019 | 15 | 0 | [77] | |
| David Raya * |  Spain
|
GK | 2022– | 11 | 0 | 2022–2024 | 6 | 0 | [78] | |
| Pontus Jansson * |  Sweden
|
CB | 2012–2020 | 27 | 0 | 2019–2020 | 5 | 0 | [nb 1] | [79] |
| Halil Dervişoğlu ♠ * |  Turkey
|
FW | 2021– | 16 | 6 | 2021–2022 | 15 | 6 ♠ | [80] | |
| Yehor Yarmolyuk ‡ |  Ukraine
|
CM | 2025– | 2 | 0 | 2025– | 2 | 0 | [81] | |
| Les Boulter |  Wales
|
IL | 1939 | 1 | 1 | 1939 | 1 | 1 | [82] | |
| Paul Evans | Wales
|
MF | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | [83] | |
| Idris Hopkins | Wales
|
OR | 1934–1939 | 12 | 2 | 1934–1939 | 12 | 2 | [nb 1] | [84] |
| Chris Mepham * | Wales
|
CB | 2018– | 48 | 0 | 2018 | 4 | 0 | [85] | |
| Dai Richards | Wales
|
WH | 1931–1938 | 21 | 0 | 1936 | 4 | 0 | [86] | |
| Fin Stevens * | Wales
|
RB | 2024– | 2 | 0 | 2024 | 2 | 0 | [87] | |
| Marley Tavaziva ‡ |  Zimbabwe
|
GK | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 2025– | 1 | 0 | [88] | |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||
| Lachlan Brook * |  Australia
|
FW | 2019–2024 | 17 | 2 | 2021–2022 | 8 | 0 | [89] |
| Lasse Vibe | Denmark
|
FW | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2016 | 4 | 0 | [34] |
| Bill Slater |  Great Britain
|
WH | 1952 | 1 | 1 | 1952 | 1 | 1 | [90] |
| Ibrahima Sonko |  Senegal
|
CB | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | [91] |
| Kim Ji-soo ‡ |  South Korea
|
CB | 2023– | 3 | 0 | 2023– | 3 | 0 | [92] |
| Yehor Yarmolyuk ‡ | Ukraine
|
CM | 2024– | 4 | 1 | 2024– | 4 | 1 | [93] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||
| Ron Greenwood | England
|
CB | 1952 | 1 | 0 | 1952 | 1 | 0 | [94] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||
| Patsy Hendren | England
|
OL | 1919 | 1 | 0 | 1919 | 1 | 0 | [95] |
| Les Smith | England
|
OL | 1939–1945 | 11 | 3 | 1939–1945 | 11 | 3 | [36] |
| Joe Crozier | Scotland
|
GK | 1943–1944 | 3 | 0 | 1943–1944 | 3 | 0 | [95] |
| Idris Hopkins | Wales
|
OR | 1939–1944 | 9 | 1 | 1939–1944 | 9 | 1 | [84] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||
| Alec Barclay | England
|
HB | 1913–1914 | 3 | 0 | 1913–1914 | 3 | 0 | [96] |
| Jackie Burns | England
|
LH | 1930–1935 | 16 | 3 | 1931–1935 | 12 | 3 | [96] |
| Maurice Edelston | England
|
IF | 1937–1947 | 8 | 7 | 1939 | 3 | 4 | [96] |
| Vivian Gibbins | England
|
FW | 1924–1932 | 12 | 7 | 1932 | 2 | 0 | [96] |
| Jackie Gibbons ♦ | England
|
IF | 1938–1939 | 6 | 6 | 1939 | 3 | 3 | [96] |
| Terry Robinson | England
|
OF | 1956–1957 | 10 | 0 | 1956–1957 | 4 | 0 | [90] |
| Bill Slater | England
|
WH | 1950–1953 | 20 | 7 | 1952 | 5 | 0 | [90] |
| Kevin O'Flanagan | Republic of Ireland
|
OL | 1949–1950 | 2 | 1 | 1950 | 1 | 1 | [90] |
| Martin Woosnam | Wales
|
HB | 1929 | 1 | 0 | 1929 | 1 | 0 | [97] |
| Player | Team | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||||
| Jackie Gibbons ♦ | Football Association XI | England
|
IF | 1939 | n/a | n/a | 1939 | n/a | n/a | [98] | |
| Johnny Rainford | Football League Third Division South | England
|
IF | 1955 | 1 | 1 | 1955 | 1 | 1 | [99] | |
| Archie Mitchell ♦ | Football League XI | England
|
CH | 1921 | 1 | 0 | 1921 | 1 | 0 | [2] | |
| Sam Tillen | Football League XI | England
|
LB/LM | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | [nb 3] | [100] |
| Jimmy D'Arcy | Irish Football Association XI | Northern Ireland
|
IF | 1953 | n/a | n/a | 1953 | n/a | n/a | [98] | |
| Steve Buxton | London XI | England
|
LB | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 1910 | 1 | 0 | [101] | |
| John Christie | London XI | Scotland
|
RB/LH | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 1910 | 1 | 0 | [101] | |
| Ken Coote | London XI | England
|
FB | 1956–1958 | 3 | 0 | 1956–1958 | 3 | 0 | [102] | |
| Patsy Hendren | Southern League XI | England
|
OL | 1919 | 1 | 0 | 1919 | 1 | 0 | [2] | |
| Ted Price | Southern League XI | England
|
GK | 1919 | 1 | 0 | 1919 | 1 | 0 | [2] | |
| Geordie Reid | Southern League XI | Scotland
|
IL/CF | 1910 | 2 | 2 | 1910 | 2 | 2 | [2] | |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Total | Total with Brentford | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Caps | Goals | Years | Caps | Goals | ||||
| Archie Macaulay | Great Britain
|
IF | 1947 | 1 | 0 | 1947 | 1 | 0 | [90] |
| Terry Robinson | Great Britain
|
OF | 1956 | 8 | 0 | 1956 | 8 | 0 | [90] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Nunes ‡ |  Brazil
|
LW | ||
| Justin Shaibu | Denmark
|
FW | [146] | |
| Ellery Balcombe ‡ | England
|
GK | [nb 17] | [149] |
| Matthew Cox ‡ | England
|
GK | [nb 18] | [151] |
| Rico Henry ‡ | England
|
LB | [152] | |
| Paris Maghoma ‡ | England
|
CM | [139] | |
| Moses Odubajo * | England
|
RW/RB | [119] | |
| Michael Olakigbe ‡ | England
|
LW | [153] | |
| Daniel Oyegoke * | England
|
RB | [nb 18] | [151] |
| Raphaël Calvet |  France
|
CB | [154] | |
| Nik Tzanev * |  New Zealand
|
GK | [119] | |
| Julian Eyestone ‡ |  United States
|
GK | [155] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustav Mogensen | Denmark
|
FW | [nb 19] | [140] |
| Lukas Talbro | Denmark
|
DF | [nb 20] | [158] |
| Benjamin Arthur ‡ | England
|
CB | [159] | |
| Jayden Meghoma ‡ | England
|
LB | [137] | |
| Matas Klimas ‡ |  Lithuania
|
DF | [nb 21] | [160] |
| Audrius Laučys | Lithuania
|
CB | [161] | |
| Stefan Tomasevic |  Montenegro
|
DF | [162] | |
| Val Adedokun ‡ | Republic of Ireland
|
LB | [107] | |
| Ethan Laidlaw ‡ | Scotland
|
FW | [163] | |
| Jonny Mitchell | Scotland
|
DM | [164] | |
| Simon Andersson | Sweden
|
GK | [nb 22] | [140] |
| Fredrik Hammar * | Sweden
|
MF | [140] | |
| Iwan Morgan ‡ | Wales
|
FW | [20] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Tavares * |  Croatia
|
CB | [165] |
| Ashley Bayes | England
|
GK | [166] |
| Paul Buckle | England
|
MF | [167] |
| Gerry Cakebread | England
|
GK | [167] |
| Roy Cotton | England
|
FW | [167] |
| Tamer Fernandes | England
|
GK | [167] |
| Marcus Gayle | England
|
LW/FW | [168] |
| Gary Huxley | England
|
LW | [167] |
| Danis Salman | England
|
DF | [167] |
| Gary Simons | England
|
n/a | [167] |
| Glenn Brophy | Republic of Ireland
|
n/a | [169] |
| Stephen Hendry | Scotland
|
MF | [170] |
| Luke Evans | Wales
|
DF | [171] |
| Matt Flitter | Wales
|
DF | [172] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Trimboli ‡ | Australia
|
RB | [173] |
| Joshua Bohui | England
|
FW | [174] |
| Adrian Moyles | Republic of Ireland
|
FB | [175] |
| Chris Dickson | Scotland
|
DF | [176] |
| Lionel Stone | Scotland
|
DF | [177] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bassham | England
|
RB | [178] |
| Roy Hart | England
|
CH | [179] |
| Ian Poveda | England
|
W | [180] |
| Tom Field * | Republic of Ireland
|
LB | [181] |
| Julius Fenn-Evans | Wales
|
FW | [119] |
| Player | Nationality | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romayn Pennant | Scotland
|
FB | [182] |
